SAN ANTONIO — Scammers have already caused Texans to lose close to $10 million in the first half of this year alone. Three scams top the list that could make many of us miss our money.
There are three scams making up much of that incredible $10 million figure. Those are debt collection scams, investment scams and employment scams.
We will start with debt collection scams.
Jason Meza, the spokesperson for the Better Business Bureau of south Texas told us, "The temptation that people fall into is they offer money to an organization they don't know, to a group that's going to take advantage of their financial situation."
Because medical debt is now included in your credit report, that gives scammers more means to make money.
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